Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 2, 2002 The Year In Review November There will be a replacement for aging Skeena Junior Secondary School, A contract worth approximately $12 million was signed with Swagger Cunstruction of Abbotsford for a 650-student facility to be built behind the location of the current building. Construction will start in 2002. There had been fears a capital budget freeze affecting the provincial government would have either cancelled or delayed the project. A replacement has been along Standing wish on the part of the school district: But there will be a cost - the removal of the city’s only athletic track because of the location of the new school. And that has some Skeena parents saying they7ll begin to raise money for a replacement track. “E tell you one thing — I’m not going to let it die,” said Bob Park, a former president of the Skeena parents advisory council. kkk Mills Memorial Hospital pulled the plug on its 12- year-old mammogram machine after a physicist deter- mined it was no longer reliable. And that left women from the area and from points up north without the diagnostic service to help detect early signs of breast cancer. But the situation changed a few weeks later when Skeena B.C, Liberal MLA Roger Harris announced money had been found for a replacement. It’ be mobile, meaning the machine can be taken on the road to northern villages. That’s considered a benefit as women will no Jonger have to travel south to Terrace. Part of the estimated $240,000 purchase price in- cludes a specially oulfitted van for those northern road trips. . tohtotok While things were looking up on the mammography front, the same could not be said for the long-standing plan to put in a kidney dialysis service here. A government review of expenditures has frozen the project pending more details on construction, equipment and operating costs for a six-station dialysis unit to be located at Mills Memorial Hospital. tok tcick Northwest towns became part of Mercer Internation- al’s efforts to buy Skeena Cellulose when the Swiss company made its offer conditional on a $20 million in- vestment by the towns. Terrace was to raise up to $5 million of that, with contributions expected from unionized sawmill workers and possibly contractors. in the ensuing weeks several city councillors doubted such an idea could pass a local referendum or that Mer- cer really needed the local money. tock Teachers here began limited job action. That forced school district administrators to go out and patrol playgrounds and supervise recesses. Essential service legislation bans the teachers from walkingtoff the job, but they-are allowed to: withhold . non-teaching duties. . tol For a second year in a tow, testing found 30 per cent of local students weren’t reading to their grade level, toto A Terrace logger was sentenced to six months proba- tion in the first ever conviction of iflegally logging cul- turally modified trees, He was also required to write a letter of apology to the Kitsumkalum band. tetoictkk Former MLA Cyril Shelford died in Victoria at the age of 80. Shelford was elected as a Social Credit MLA and helped W.A.C. Bennett narrowly form the govern- ment and become premier in 1952. toto The cily is ordering several people to stop permanent- ly camping at a local RV Park. A city bylaw forbids Stays of more than 150 consecutive days at an RV park or campground. Several seniors at the Reel Inn were af- fected by the crack down. toh kkk Union officials estimated up to 450 jabs could be eli- minated in the northwest due to government cuts to the civil service. kakkke The city began drawing all its water from the Skeena River, The Frank St. well had failed, forcing the city to use other sources. It initially began drawing water from Deep Creek, bul that water had too much sediment in it. December City councillors learned the province might allow northwest towns to invest in Skeena Cellulose without a local referendum, The controversial idea was quickly dismissed by city councillors, who said it would be political suicide to do . such a thing. Within a couple of weeks SCI bidder Mercer Interna- tional indicated it no longer required community buy-in as part of its proposal to buy the company. tooth An oil industry rep said B.C.’s offshore would likely be a low priorily compared to more sure oi) plays else- where, even if the B.C. government lifts a moratorium on exploration, tooo A local school's Christmas bazaar was cancetled amid fears ‘teachers wouldn't be allowed by their union to participate during their job action. The bazaar was saved the following week when the union decided tea- chers could participate. th bkkk ——<- James W. Radelet RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors Tax Law * Trusts ¢ Corporate & Commercial: 1390 - 1075 West Geargia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3C9 Phone: 604-689-0878 Fax: 604-689-1386 TOYS ¢ U 202 City Centre, Kitimat Ph: 632-7323 Tot! Free 1-B77-632-7323 3 i Linda, Ken and staff wish you a Happy New Year! It has been our pleasure serving your : toy and book needs. | We look forward to seeing you in 2002.8 | KITSUMKALUM ordered the West Kalum road gated off in protest of the province's plans to sell Skeena Cellulose to Mercer International. Owners of the Kalum St. Shell gas station were plunged into uncertainty when contaminated soil was found during replacement of tanks there. Cleanup could cost more than $500,000, which they say they don’t have. The couple believes the contamination predates their ownership of the station. tottkk The Kitsumkalum band pated off the West Kalum logging road, saying they will refuse access to Skeena Cellulose or its future owners until a range of issues are - settled. The band said it has concerns about the pro- vince’s plan to sell the company to Mercer, and wants other alternatives considered. tohok tok A coalition of people and groups opposing the provin- cial government’s cutbacks has formed. They set up shop in a Hall St. house that was the home of city founder George Little. The group is using as its slogan “Have You Had Enough Yet?” — the same as the one used by unite-the-right,forces opposed to the NDP that staged a tally here ‘ir’'1998 just before the launch ‘of MLA recall campaigns, * . kkk k Fishing guides, environmentalists and aboriginal lea- ders led opposition here to the possibility of lifting the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling. They far out- numbered proponents of drilling at the Terrace stop. Earthquakes, extreme weather and unresolved aboriginal claims were just some of the objections raised, tooth The provincial government wiped out Jocal health councils and replaced them with the Northern Health Authority — a corporate style board that will oversee all health operations in the north and be based in Prince George. Atk Teachers escalated their strike action, vowing they’ll refuse to do all extracurricular activities starting in the new year. The move could affect school sports, music, and various clubs. , Aokticdotot: Customers of Pacific Northern Gas will see their bills go down starting Jan. 1. Lower rates are coming because of decreased commodity costs of the gas. But PNG also wants to increase its service delivery charges to custo- mers somewhat at the same time. thot Students of a planned new nursing program were se- lected and preparations are underway to begin instruc- tion here at Northwest Community College on Jan. 21. That still depends on a number of other requirements being met in the early weeks of January. KEN ''ATSON is one of the residents at the Reel inn who may have to move his RV because of en- forcement of a city bylaw. 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